Articles by Alice Morby

Biasol converts art-deco warehouse in Melbourne into space for its studio

August 12, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Australian studio Biasol sought to preserve the art deco elements of this warehouse in Melbourne while converting it into a shared studio and office space. The Gwynne Street Studio is located in the Cremorne suburb of Melbourne – an area that Biasol describes as having a “creative and industrial past”. The warehouse building featured an art deco

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Vão Arquitetura organises São Paulo boutique around indoor garden

August 5, 2017 Alice Morby 0

An opening in the roof sheds light on this concrete-lined boutique in São Paulo, which Brazilian studio Vão Arquitetura has designed around a lush indoor garden. The Acolá store, located in the Pinheiros area of the city, is set inside a peculiarly shaped townhouse, which gets narrower towards its rear. Before their renovation, the Vão

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JSa converts Mexico City house into new home for one of the world’s top restaurants

July 29, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Gardens, courtyards and wooden decks lend a domestic feel to the new home of Mexico City restaurant Pujol, which was recently named one of the best places to eat in the world. Pujol, the highest ranking Mexico eatery included in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017, recently moved to a larger location in Mexico City, and local studio JSa was

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Dover Street Market set to open in Singapore

July 28, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons is opening the fourth branch of its Dover Street Market store in an old Singaporean army barrack. Dover Street Market Singapore is located in a building that forms part of the COMO Dempsey complex – a “lifestyle destination” filled with design-focussed shops and restaurants. The new store officially opens tomorrow,

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Feix & Merlin remodels warehouse home on the banks of London’s River Thames

July 23, 2017 Alice Morby 0

London studio Feix & Merlin lowered the floors and raised the ceiling inside this former warehouse to transform it from a cramped apartment into a spacious open-plan residence. The apartment is located within an old grain store on the banks of the River Thames in Rotherhithe, southeast London. Before their refurbishment, Feix & Merlin – made up

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10 of the most ground-breaking uses of plywood in architecture and design

July 18, 2017 Alice Morby 0

To coincide with the opening of an exhibition dedicated to plywood at London’s V&A museum, we’ve rounded up 10 projects from the Dezeen archives that push the material to its limits. Plywood: Material of the Modern World charts the history of plywood from the 1850s to present day, showcasing examples of how the material has contributed to significant

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Acne Studios opens pink-ceilinged flagship store in Milan’s Brera district

July 9, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Acne is the latest design brand to favour pink for interiors, using it to colour the ceiling in its new Milan store. The Swedish fashion brand has opened its first Milan flagship on Piazza del Carmine in the Brera district – an area of the city populated with designer shops and galleries. Acne was keen

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Aranda\Lasch creates exhibition design for Kaws retrospective in Shanghai

June 23, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Kaws’ eight-metre high sculptures skim the ceiling of the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, which is currently hosting the artist’s first retrospective in Asia and features exhibition designs by Aranda\Lasch. The New York- and Arizona-based design firm, founded by Benjamin Aranda and Chris Lasch in 2009, based its design around the large-scale works Kaws produces. “Kaws likes to

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Carlo Ratti reveals Office 3.0 workspace that promises to end “thermostat wars”

June 17, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has transformed a Turin building into an office space with a personalised “environmental bubble” for every worker. Office 3.0 – first previewed in plans in the middle of last year – is the new headquarters for the Agnelli Foundation cultural institution in Turin, Italy. Ratti’s firm, Carlo Ratti Associati, renovated the

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Ilse Crawford creates dining space with “dignity” for London soup kitchen

June 16, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Renowned chef Massimo Bottura has opened an Ilse Crawford-designed community kitchen in Kensington, the London borough that’s been in the headlines this week for the fire at public housing block Grenfell Tower. The Refettorio Felix community kitchen, located inside St Cuthbert’s Community Centre, opened earlier this month. It is the latest project conceived by Bottura’s

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